According to a recent New York Times study, 38 percent of Americans believe President Obama has a positive outlook on job creation. This is opposed to the 20 percent, which believe Republicans can pull the economy out of the slump.
With election season traditionally beginning in January, it’s not uncommon for Americans to be concerned with where the issues stand-the economy, no less, is more than often at the top of the list.
New York Times conducted the poll after Congress rejected the American Jobs Act in September, which would have supplied $445 billion for new jobs.
The American Jobs Act was meant to help stabilize America and modernize how we live our day-to-day lives.
There was money set aside in the plan to improve schools, interstates and highways and communities. Except, now, we might never see those improvements.
Had the act been passed, it might have gotten the economy back to stabilization…or somewhat close to just surviving. In rejection of the bill, Congress is sending a message to Americans. They want us to struggle and understand the virtue of hard work.
However, the recipients have declined their message with a strong force. This is because, according to the New York Times Poll, only 28 percent of Americans are confident in either Democrats or Republicans to create an effective job package that would raise the majority of Americans above the poverty line. It would get people into jobs they are satisfied with and don’t have to settle for when the day is over.
Only one in five Americans believe this country is headed in the right direction. The government favors the rich, or so it seems to the middle-class who pays the higher taxes.
We, as Americans, have ideas on how to implement this plan if they would only listen. For instance, we could give tax breaks to small businesses while 51 percent of those polled agreed to payroll taxes to create more jobs.
If the wealthy paid as much taxes as the middle-class, the unemployment rate might stabilize itself over a matter of years. We might even see the deficit decline over a generation, but as of now we are going away from the.
Wake up America and Mr. President. Unemployment is on the rise. The country is in need of a good leader and a better economy.
We were once the leading country, but now we have lost that spot. We could get back to it if we reevaluate the issues. We need to elect the best leaders.
Most of all, we need confident leaders that can turn this country around and make us proud. Only 14 percent of those surveyed by New York Times said the economy is in good shape, and that seems accurate.